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felt like

droom. I didn't grab a suitcase;

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crunched. I stripped the sheets that smelled l

books. My charcoal pencils. The woman

nt door

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to the closet and wa

box. He reeked of her. Under the expensive cologne, the smell of Ha

I said, grippi

ed, smooth as silk. He walked up, offering

felt heavy,

said. "I w

hallway plummeted. His eyes fla

discuss

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an Alpha heir with dominance. Physical strength." He looked me up and down, his gaze clinical. "You haven

mb

expression softened into something

oning his jacket. "Security b

I said, my v

ving a wake of lies and

'd left his tablet on the n

's asking for Papa. Come bac

at the sc

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get sick. N

od up, avoiding the VIP entrance

out politics, ran the wand over my

mez," he correc

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pregnant

e. Emilio gives me the he

doesn't nuke it," Aris said. "Especiall

o a tiny, pu

e off the charts. This isn't a weak pup, Elana. Thi

A baby. The thing he

kay? The

so she can't protect the pregnancy. If you don't find peace, your body

ris

a dry, cra

while he played house with a woman who had

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